fORESHADOWING

Lawton Academic Standards Analyze how an author's choices concerning how to structure a text, order events within it (e.g., parallel plots), and manipulate time (e.g., pacing, flashbacks, foreshadowing) create such effects as mystery, tension, or surprise.

Foreshadowing Break the word foreshadowing apart to better understand its meaning. “Fore” means ahead. A shadow is a glimpse of something without the complete details.

Foreshadowing a literary technique indicating or hinting at what will come later in the text

Discuss! With your neighbor, discuss how the four movie clips are each an example of foreshadowing.

Foreshadowing There are different degrees of foreshadowing. It can be subtle. For example, storm clouds on the horizon suggest that danger is coming. It can be more direct. For example, Romeo and Juliet directly state that they would rather die than live without each other.

Foreshadowing Why is it important? adds dramatic tension creates suspense conveys information to help the reader understand what comes later

Ask yourself these questions: How to Identify Foreshadowing Ask yourself these questions: Are there phrases about the future? Is there a change happening in the weather, the setting, or the mood? Are there objects or scenic elements that suggest something happy, sad, dangerous, exciting, etc.? Do characters or the narrator observe or mention something that might be a hint about something to come later?

Foreshadowing Tip Foreshadowing often appears at the beginning of a chapter or in the earlier parts of a short story… There must be enough of the story left to reveal the events hinted at by the foreshadowing.

Prepare for the Assignment Take out a clean sheet of notebook paper. Label your paper with a correct and complete MLA heading. The title of the assignment is Foreshadowing in “The Monkey’s Paw.” Fold your paper down the middle vertically (“hot dog” style).

Prepare for the Assignment You should now have two columns on your paper. Label the column on the left Example/Page. Label the column on the right Explanation. Example/Page Explanation 1. 2.

Assignment Directions Locate, record, and explain five examples of foreshadowing in “The Monkey’s Paw. Copy the sections/passages that contain foreshadowing word-for-word in the Example/Page column. Be sure to use correct punctuation and write the number of the page in parentheses. In the Explanation column, write a few sentences explaining how each passage connects to events that happen later in the story. Be as specific as possible.

Example Example/Page Explanation Remember: 1. “‘Hark at the wind,’ said Mr. White, who, having seen a fatal mistake after it was too late, was amiably desirous of preventing his son from seeing it”(33). 1. This foreshadows another fatal mistake that Mr. White will see after it is too late. Mr. White makes the mistake of using the monkey’s paw, which proves to be fatal for his son, Herbert. Remember: This is an example! You must find five different examples of foreshadowing!